Los Angeles Dodgers Top 10 Prospects For 2027 Fantasy Baseball

October 21, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 3 Comments

1. OF Josue De Paula | 21 | MLB | 2026

Listed at 6’3” 185 pounds, De Paula appears to be bigger than that to the naked eye–not that I’m walking around with inappropriate eyewear looking at teenage athletes. A left-handed hitter with great plate skills and impressive contact skills for a guy with his raw power, De Paula looked like the toughest out in LA’s lineup for a minute, posting a .500 on base percentage through 42 major league plate appearances. When I sent Grey my top prospects for 2027 redraft leagues on the eve of the postseason, I ranked De Paula first and thought he had all but displaced Teoscar Hernandez as the everyday left fielder. Grey was dubious that De Paula would get the playing time to secure that outcome. I thought they’d need him in the lineup to compete for a title and that they generally need to start infusing some youth into an aging offense. I genuinely thought he might become a star on the national stage this October. Dear reader, I was wrong. The Dodgers left De Paula on the bench as they got swept. Is that a harbinger of how they’ll deploy him next season? Certainly could be. They did have him skip Triple-A, so I suppose they could send him back there and leave him in Oklahoma City until some kind of injury opens a door for him. In 124 Double-A games this year, he hit 27 home runs and struck out just 87 times against 81 walks. A better hitting prospect does not exist right now.

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Prospect News: Razz 30 First-Year-Player Draft

February 8, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 8 Comments

by: The Itch

The Razz 30 off-season is a tradition like no other. Owners slowly trim their rosters from 50-something players (43 spots with unlimited IL) down to the required 25 total, bartering over mid-round draft picks and borderline droppable players. It’s quite the party, and after a couple hundred trades have been made, we begin the First-Year-Player Draft.

1. White Sox 3B Munetaka Murakami

2. Blue Jays 3B Kazuma Okamoto

3. Astros RHP Tatsuya Imai

4. Mariners LHP Kade Anderson

I wouldn’t put Murakami in the top group, but he’ll probably go that high in most leagues, and Okamoto will probably go a little lower as people chase upside over present production at the top of their drafts. Likely wouldn’t be picking that high if they had enough right-now juice in the categories to contend. Even in a rebuild, I’d be tempted to take Okamoto. If he hits right away, you can trade him for more or just build around him heading into 2027. I don’t advocate for rebuilds with long tails anyway. I think the goal should be an 18-24 month turnaround, and you have to start stacking functional pieces at some point. Why not start with Okamoto? Well, if he doesn’t hit in his first MLB season, his value will be pretty much shot. There’s some safety in far-away players like Ethan Holliday because he doesn’t have to generate big outcomes to keep his dynasty stock alive for a couple years. Or so goes that theory anyway. Every league is different though. In the Razz 30, a bad 2026 from Holliday could tank his stock just as quickly as a bad 2026 would tank Okamoto’s.

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